The Mightiest Little Master of Metaphysics
Chapter 160 - 158: Soul Emergence (Fourth Update)

Chapter 160: Chapter 158: Soul Emergence (Fourth Update)

Children are not like adults. Once the soul detaches for a long time, even if it returns, they are highly likely to become mentally impaired.

Yun Qi immediately sat cross-legged and took out a stack of red paper figures.

On second thought, forget it.

Red paper figures work well on adults, but with a bunch of children who only know how to cry, they’d probably just be torn into pieces.

She put the red paper figures away, thought for a moment, and cast a spell, instantly causing a shadow identical to her to emerge from her body.

Everything around her twisted and deformed, time and space turned into visible lines, silently stretching, and the dormitory air became cold and damp, seamlessly integrating with another world.

Soul Emergence!

Yun Qi’s figure landed steadily on the ground. She raised her head and saw the mountain ranges on both sides rising and falling, like steel beasts in the gray mist, silent and solemn, standing between heaven and earth for millennia.

Looking into the distance, there was a narrow path between the mountains, winding into the depths of a gorge as narrow as a line of sky, with endless mist, and faint light piercing through from the front.

In front, a few children were walking hesitantly on the path, seemingly about to disappear into the gorge.

Yun Qi crossed her arms behind her back and called out sweetly, "Little Yezi..."

Little Yezi was a girl in her class, half a year younger than her, wearing a plaid shirt.

Upon hearing Yun Qi’s voice, including Little Yezi, the girls turned their heads, their eyes lighting up instantly, "Qi, you’re here too? Let’s walk ahead."

Little Yezi’s pronunciation was slightly ethereal, a kind of voidness penetrating the mist, as she pointed with a small finger to the depths of the mist-covered gorge.

Yun Qi shook her head, a sweet dimple appearing at the corner of her mouth, "It’s not fun there, trust me, come back with me."

As she finished speaking, many gray little spirit figures emerged from the mist in the gorge, with sharp ears and mouths filled with razor-sharp teeth, their heads a dull gray round, their bodies not even taller than Little Yezi.

Suspended in the air, they excitedly opened their mouths, revealing fangs, blocking Little Yezi and others, skillfully tightening their encirclement.

"So many fresh, juicy little souls, they must be tender to eat."

The leader licked its tongue, showing a cruel and greedy face.

Little Yezi and the others had never seen such things before, and immediately huddled together in fear, whimpering softly.

Yun Qi shook her head, her sweet voice carrying a warning, "Soul Eater, you dare touch my people."

The gray little spirits looked up and, upon seeing Yun Qi, their faces changed dramatically. The leader floated lightly in front of Yun Qi, "Little envoy, are these the souls you collected? They’re not even five hundred."

The Underworld Envoy actually had a task, collecting five hundred loose souls, whether humans or demons, before reporting back.

Since the envoy dealt with loopholes in the Heavenly Dao Rules, its workflow was different from ordinary Yin Cha, not needing to pass through Ghost Gate, Naihe Bridge, Ghost City, etc., but directly judging and disciplining those extremely guilty, while those who could be saved would be collected. Once reaching a total of five hundred, the envoy personally escorted them through the Earth Vein into the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

The existence of the Underworld Envoy was actually to patch up loopholes in the Heavenly Dao Rules, resolving the Evil Qi accumulated from lingering wronged souls in the human world.

That’s why Yun Qi was very familiar with this path to reincarnation.

The Soul-devouring Monsters on this road were also familiar with her.

"These are my friends from the human world, their life spans aren’t over yet. It was a mishap that brought them here." Yun Qi waved her hand to signal them to leave, "I need to take them back, don’t hinder my work."

"Oh, what a pity, I thought we could have a feast." The leader Soul-devouring Monster grinned, unwillingly rubbing its hands together.

Yun Qi tilted her little head, a sweet cold smile at her lips, "Have I not made a move for too long? Aren’t you behaving well today?"

As soon as she finished speaking, the Soul-devouring Monsters shuddered and scattered, leaving only the leader hovering in front of Yun Qi.

"Please don’t be angry, little envoy, our boss was wrong, it has nothing to do with us."

"Right, right, we don’t like to eat the souls of mere mortal children, there’s no curse or murderous intent in them."

The purpose of Soul-devouring Monsters was to devour the wandering souls guilty but not to the point of immediate execution, letting them suffer on the path to the Earth Vein.

So the existence of Soul-devouring Monsters was reasonable and legal.

"That’s more like it." Yun Qi smiled softly, waved to dismiss the Soul-devouring Monsters, and stepped forward to hold Little Yezi’s hand.

Her eyes pure, overflowing with a healing aura, "Good Little Yezi, follow Sister Xiao Qi."

"Sister, those things are so scary..."

"It’s okay, they’re afraid of Sister."

While saying this, Yun Qi beckoned with her finger, the leader of the Soul-devouring Monsters flatteredly grinning with its fangs.

With a flick of Yun Qi’s finger, it bounced away like a rubber ball.

"Impressive, right?" Yun Qi lifted her chin proudly, her bobbed hair bouncing like a mischievous Little Demon satisfied with its trick.

"Amazing, amazing," Little Yezi and the others applauded.

"Sister, do it again."

"Alright." Yun Qi raised her eyes, a moment of anger flashing.

After some time absent, these Soul-devouring Monsters were becoming disrespectful in her presence, deserving a lesson!

So, Yun Qi beckoned again, another Soul-devouring Monster floated trembling in front of her, and was flicked away by her finger.

On the way back, Soul-devouring Monsters were continuously sent flying by Yun Qi, and Little Yezi and the others watched so intently that they forgot to be afraid, before anyone knew it, they had let Yun Qi lead them back.

Behind them, the giant mountain fissures stood in silence, slowly vanishing into the thick mist.

Moments later, Yun Qi opened her eyes, watching Little Yezi and the others’ souls return and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Outside the door, Meng Ze had already changed into new pants and entered led by the teacher.

"Huh? Is everyone up?" The teacher looked at the recently awakened Little Yezi and the others.

Little Yezi was stunned for a moment, then suddenly burst into tears.

"Teacher, I had a nightmare, I dreamt of many gray little spirits, wanting to eat me... sob, their mouths wide open, so many teeth, it scared me to death."

The other kids also started crying, and the teacher quickly went to comfort them.

Yun Qi smiled slightly. Though their souls had come back, they were still frightened, so crying was a healthy outlet for them.

"Yun Qi, did you also have a nightmare?" asked the teacher caringly after calming the others.

Before Yun Qi could answer, Little Yezi immediately said, "Teacher, Yun Qi was amazing just now, she drove those Little Ghosts away."

"Right, right, she was so incredible, scared those Little Ghosts away with just a word."

"That’s not true, you dreamt wrong, Yun Qi used her fingers to flick those Little Ghosts away, just like playing marbles with me."

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The teachers smiled at each other, then found it strange that all the kids had the same nightmare, and somehow Qi seemed super powerful in their dreams!